Cirque

by Biosphere

Cirque cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 June 2000
  • Label: Touch
  • Country: Norway
  • Length: 47:29
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Geir Jenssen crafts a breathtakingly beautiful and intensely cold ambient landscape, heavily inspired by the desolate, arctic environments of his native Norway. 'Cirque' seamlessly weaves subtle, pulsing electronic rhythms with isolated field recordings, creating a deeply hypnotic and cinematic listening experience.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, instrumental, repetitive, ambient, synthesizers, shimmering, minimal

Tracklist

  1. Nook and Cranny (4:02)
  2. Grand Dome (5:36)
  3. Grandiflora (0:48)
  4. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (5:08)
  5. Miniature Rock Dwellers (1:04)
  6. When I Leave (5:54)
  7. Iberia Eterea (6:38)
  8. Moistened and Dried (2:25)
  9. Algae and Fungi part 1 (5:43)
  10. Algae and Fungi part 2 (5:17)
  11. Too Fragile to Walk On (4:51)

Credits

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